Arts Documentary hosted by Chris Pattinson, published by Channel 4 in 2011 - English narration

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One Song. One Take. One Cab. Black Cab Sessions started in 2007 to provide audiences with an alternative to glossy promos, something that brought them closer to the magic and intimacy of a live performance. A mobile recording studio on wheels, complete with a constantly surprising and shifting vista. Featuring musical legends such as Jack White, Mumford and Sons, the Roots and Brian Wilson and breaking the careers of up and comers like Lianne Le Havas and Michael Kiwanuka, the series captured the imagination of music lovers around the world for the original way it presented music.With over 200 sessions and over 40 million organic online views, the meter is still running.Black Cabs: USA is a six part broadcast series that takes the Black Cab Sessions format across the pond and explores the musical culture of six cities (New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Memphis, Athens, Nashville). Artists included in the series are Spank Rock, The Morning Benders, Washed Out, Caitlin Rose, Jack White, Those Darlins, Courtney Tidwell, Sharon Van Etten, Suzanne Vega, The Roots, Phosphorescent, John Legend, and more.

Black Cabs: USA was developed for broadcast by Just So Films with Love Live TV Ltd/Babel Networks Ltd and distributed globally by BBC Worldwide and Canal+ and in the UK by Channel 4

4) Memphis Cradle of Blues, mother of popular music. Elvis, B.B. King, Isaac Hayes, Stax Records... But is today\'s Memphis any longer worth its old reputation? Filmmakers are lucky, finding still an original delta blues man, RL Boyce. We also meet Bosco Delrey, described as garbage can-Elvis. The Goner record store is the cornerstone of city\'s music. One of the leading characters of Memphis rock scene is Alicja Trout. We pay a visit to the legendary Sun Studio. What wonders did the dollar bill on Johnny Cash\'s guitar neck? A former Stax star, guitarist Skipp Pitts tells the story of Isaac Hayes Shaft riff. The Garage band The Oblivians is one of the Memphis hopes. We remember the singer Jeff Buckley who drowned in the Mississippi River. Cab riders include also the troubadour Harlan T Bobo, Caitlin Rose from Nashville and Justin Townes Earle. We visit in the open-minded Hi Tone Cafe, which Elvis eventually bought for his karate teacher. Finally, Gospel-blues artist Rev. John Wilkins sings and takes us to his church.

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